Hoist by my own petard, again! According to Wikip., Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. Although there was a real Cyrano de Bergerac, the play is a fictionalization of his life that follows the broad outlines of it.

MEANING:noun:1. A beautiful and seductive woman, especially one leading others into disaster.2. Something attractive that is potentially disastrous.3. A device that makes loud sounds, used for warning signals.

ETYMOLOGY:After Siren, one of a group of sea nymphs, whose enchanting singing lured sailors to shipwreck on the rocks around their island. Also see femme fatale. Earliest documented use: 1340. ________________________________________________ add t

ETYMOLOGY: After Gorgon, any of the three monstrous sisters Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa in Greek mythology, who had snakes for hair. They turned into stone anyone who looked into their eyes. From Greek gorgos (dreadful). Earliest documented use: 1398.

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